Public Support In Hungary For Anti-Quota Initiative ‘Unprecedented’
- 4 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
The government’s signature drive to thwart the European Union’s mandatory migrant quotas has been met with unprecedented public support, Gergely Gulyás, deputy leader of ruling Fidesz and head of parliament’s legislative committee, said in an interview published in daily Magyar Hírlap. Gulyás said he saw it as a sign of “unprecedented unity” that “every fifth voter signed the initiative”.
He said the Hungarian effort contributed to the legitimacy of a movement against the quota system and argued that the objection of European voters could not be neglected.
He insisted that public opinion in all post-2004 EU member states was against mandatory migrant quotas.
Answering a question on whether the government would use the signatures to exert pressure on European decision makers, Gulyás said that it would contribute to “increasing the government’s room for manoeuvre”.
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